Maternal-fetal transmission of cryptococcus gattii in harbor porpoise

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 304-305

  Norman, Stephanie A ^a,b   Raverty, Stephen ^c   Zabek, Erin ^c   Etheridge, Sandra ^c   Ford, John K B ^d   Hoang, Linda M N ^e,f   Morshed, Muhammad ^f  

^a Marine Med: Marine Research   (United States)

^b Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network   (United States)

^c ANIMAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Vancouver BC ^*

^e BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GESTATION PERIOD; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LETTER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE; TISSUE PREPARATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PHOCOENA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 79551624049     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1702.101232     Document Type: Letter

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